Improvement in cultivators



` vJOHN 'A QuIcK, or soUrH DANVILLE7 `NEW YORK.

Laan' Patent No. 89,791, daad May 4,1869.

- vIMI-nov:infirmer 1N cULTIvAToRs.

The-,Schedule referred` to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all who/litt colfzcerfrl: f Be it known that I,J0'B;v A. QUIGK,of' South Danville, in the county of Steuben, and State of New York,

` haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in. Oultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following `is a full, clean-and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of v reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable .others skilled vin the art to construct and l usel my invention, I' will proceedto describe it.

My invention relates'to' cultivators, and consists -inV so constructing yand arranging one or more harrows, in connection with the cultivator, that they may be revolved horizontally, infront of the'cultivator-teeth,

` by the revolutionsof the wheels of the cultivator;

In the diawing's-- Figure 1- is a longitudinal vertical sectionand `Figure 2-is a top' pl'an view.

In constructing -my cultivator, I attach one of the wheels', A, rigidly to the axle B, and the other, O, loosely. v f y 1 Y 'Ivo theaxle B, I connect a i`rameD, at its front end, so as to turn easily on the axle, as clearly shown g in fig. 2.

The rear end ofthe fr'ramewDQI provide with across- A piece, u., and to it attach cultivator-teeth, b, and also,

'in its centre, an upright, c, having awheel, E, pivoted in its lower end, and4 also having a slot, e, through.. which a'set-screw, j, passes, so as to admit'of a vertical adjustment-of the upright c, for the purpose of regulating 'the depth at whichgthe teeth b shall operate as desired,V as clearlyy shown in g. 1.

To4 the axle B, I key a bevel-gear wheel, F, which meshes into a bevel-gear, G, attached to. theft-ont end of a horizontal shaft, H, mounted inthe cross-pieces g andI of the frame D. Just in front of the cross-piece I, and on the shaft H, I keya bevel-gear wheel, J which meshes into a bevel-gear wheel, K, attached to a vertical shaft, L, mounted `inthe crossjpiece, and acorresponding cross-piece, M, of the dame D, as clearly shown in gs. 1 and 2.

To the 'lower end ofthe verticalshaft L, I attach,

l firmly, a plate or frame, N, provided with any desired l number of barrow-teeth, h, suitable for. stirring and pulverizing the soil, and'arranged so as*v to work at the same depth with the cultivator-teeth b, `if required.

The cross-pieces I and M are located so as to allow the plate or flame N to come a short distance in :fi-ont of the cultivator-teeth b.

' On the vertical shaft L, and between the cross-pieces i I and M, and. under the bevel-wheel K, I attach a gear:

wheel, 0, to give motion, if desired, either directly,`or through intermediate` pinion-wheels fl, to gear-Wheels p j and K, attached to'vertical shafts l and m,`moi1jnte`d' in the cross-pieces I and M, and on each side of the vertical shaft L, as clearly shown in iig. 2.2

, These vertical shafts, land m, have also attached,

to their lower ends, frames or plates, provided 'with barrow-teeth.

To the crosspiece I, I connect, loosely, in any suitable manner, 'a rod, fn, at one end, and its opposite end I link to a lever, o, one end of which is, in like manner, connected to the cross-bar h ofthe shafts ortongueof the cultivator, as clearly shown in gs. I and 2.

V0n the cross-bar p, or in any-other suitable way, I

mount a seat, P, and, in like manner, connect a ratchetbar, q, as clearly shown in the same figures.

In operating my machine, I first adjust the-upright c to suit the depth to which I desire the cultivatorteeth b and the barrow-teeth It to work, then mount into the seat P, and drive 'over the field, when I desire to `operate `with it.

As the wneeiA, which is'n'gidly attached@ the i axle B, revolves, it gives motion, through the bevelgear F and Gr,`to the horizontal shaft H, which, in turn, through the bevel-gear J and K, givesA motion to the vertical shaft L, which, at the Sametime, through the wheels O and t', and j and k, imparts motion to the shafts ll and m,

The shafts L, l, and m, beingv thus revolved, at the ,i same time, cause the horizontal frames attached to their lower ends to revolve, and in dilferent directions', and, in this manner, thoroughly to break up and pulverizethe soil in front ofthe cultivator-teeth, as lwell as to'tear up and root out all, weeds, and similar H offensive stuii, as desired.

When, for any purpose, I desire to raise the cultivator-teeth, and the horizontally-revolving harrows 'from the soil, I draw the lever o forward, till the end y of the frame is raised, and then catch'it into a notch,

in the ratchet-bar q.

vIt is obvious that` the barrow-teeth h may be removable, so that others, o f a different kind, and suitabla for some specific purpose, maybe inserted; as, for

instance,instead of using simple harrow-teeth, coul used.

\It is also obvious that the vertical shafts, to'which the harrows are attached, may be connected to the wheel of the cultivator, which operates them more ters,' or. cutting-blades, of any desired shape, may be directly, and by other gearing, or other mechanical devices than those herein described.

'It is also obvious, that, if desired, the mechanism used may connect the harrows with both of the wheels of the. cultivator.

I am aware that rotating blades, for cutting or digging up the soil, have been used in steam-plows, and,

therefore, I do not claim such; but having thus described my invention, What I claim, is- A cultivator, having one or more rotary harrows,l mounted in a frame, jonrnalled, at its front end, on-

.theaxle of the bearing-wheels, said harrows being rotated, by means of shaft H, with bevel-wheels J G,

engaging with the bevel-wheel F, on the axle, sub'- vstantially as shown and described.

. JOHN A. QUICK.

Witnesses: y I

H. B. Mmm, P. T, Denen. 

